Getting Back in the River
by Sara Dumaine Brouillet, Ph.D.
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Pub Date Sep 27 2017 | Archive Date Dec 31 2017
Description
We need the waters of the sea to heal us and yield the creation of new life, and to help us in getting back in the river when we are experiencing the pain of death or significant loss and little makes sense to us. We need the restorative, buoyant, able to be salt again, depths of God's unimaginable healing and love, known to us as relationship with the Word of God made flesh, Jesus Christ. In seeking to heal their recent loss, a family asked me, "How do we get there?"
Author Bio: Sara D. Brouillet, Ph.D., is a mental health provider, corporate health care consultant, and writer who is thankful for her deep faith in God. Getting Back in the River emerged via a prompting to share how faith guides the process of mental and spiritual, and often medically associated healing of loss. Nine deaths of beloved family and friends reinforced for her the importance of grieving, the imperative of being well, and the desire to be present in life on what can be the most difficult part of one's journey. In her work with over 10,000 clients, Dr. Brouillet began to realize the presence of ungrieved loss in each person and its prevalence throughout the world. In multiple experiences of grieving death, she began to understand that a process emerges in which faith, mind, and emotions actually work together for healthy restitution of diverse relationships, the soul's healing of loss.
keywords: Grief, Loss, Bereavement, Recovery, Therapy, Counseling, Christian. Christianity, Healing, Death
A Note From the Publisher
keywords: Grief, Loss, Bereavement, Recovery, Therapy, Counseling, Christian. Christianity, Healing, Death
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781622873098 |
| PRICE | 8.99 |
Featured Reviews
Jennifer L, Reviewer
Getting Back in the River by Sara Dumaine Brouillet, Ph.D is a grief recovery book. Using Biblical principles and the psychological progress of grief, Dr. Dumaine Brouillet guides the reader on the path recovery following a loss. It doesn’t what type of loss, a sudden death or a death after a long illness, the grief process of the individual left behind can be devastating. Her main tool is what she calls GBU letters. Good, Bad and Uglies letters are two letters written by the individual. One from the individual to the loved one who has passed. The idea is to bring out the hidden thoughts and feelings and make them conscious. This letter is then disposed of in a manner chosen by the writer after 72 hours of writing it. The second letter is written by the individual from the perspective of the loved one. Each letter will discuss the good about the loss, maybe the loved one suffered from a long illness and his or her death was a relief. The bad about the loss, maybe the individual wasn’t able to say goodbye in time. And the uglies about the loss, anything the individual hated, feared and other worse thoughts and feelings.
Getting Back in the River is a book rich with information with in-depth information about the grieving process and God’s Word. It was a bit more complicated read than I expected but the author is sincere in her guidance through the grieving process. Writing from her experience as a grief counselor, she offers personal experiences with clients. As the grieving process is a long and complicated journey for some, I recommend this book. As we will all suffer the loss of loved ones in our lives, we can benefit from the book’s insights and techniques.
Getting Back in the River
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